a well made little shmup that I think could benefit from some polish! The bullet patterns are good, it's nice and easy to get in to, but I think if you made a few adjustments it would really shine. In no particular order:
- get rid of inertia on the player movement completely 😂 it has been said in the other comments, but I'll repeat it to drive the point home.
- speed up the player movement around 2x
- some of the enemies didn't stand out against the background too well, not a huge issue but definitely something to look at
- speed up the player bullet movement speed 5x. Seriously. Make it shoot fast. And make the bullets bigger! And add some variation on the sound, even just adjust the pitch a little every time you shoot. And make the "shoot" sound effect more bassy (literally just drop into Audacity and bass boost it!!)
- reduce enemy health, and add more popcorn. Popcorn should die in 1 hit!
These are all things that will take the game from "decent" to "great" I think!
I particularly loved the fact that you got a proper menu implemented, and audio/sound effects. A lot of people miss that off in jam games, so it's always nice to play something that feels like a real game ;)